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social activist, reverend marcia dyson and marc morial, president and ceo of the national urban league. mr. morial, mayor, let me turn to you, sir. where are we heading as a country when we see this kind of conflagration along the front of american race? >> it's nothing new. i mean, let's look at the fact that perhaps social media and media attention has given more visibility, if you will, and transparency to what you may have read on graffiti walls or heard in private conversations. that's number one. number two, there's been a reaction to the rise of president obama, an ugly reaction, resentful reactions. but let's understand, we just had an election, and the president got re-elected for the second time. which says that a majority of the american people are not swayed nor influenced by that sort of sick and sadistic thinking. what i prefer to focus on is not simply that, but the underlying disparities, the previous
social activist, reverend marcia dyson and marc morial, president and ceo of the national urban league. mr. morial, mayor, let me turn to you, sir. where are we heading as a country when we see this kind of conflagration along the front of american race? >> it's nothing new. i mean, let's look at the fact that perhaps social media and media attention has given more visibility, if you will, and transparency to what you may have read on graffiti walls or heard in private conversations....
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and national urban league ceo, mark. nancial obstacles military families face, we understand. at usaa, we know military life is different. we've been there. that's why every bit of financial advice we offer is geared specifically to current and former military members and their families. [ laughs ] dad! dad! [ applause ] ♪ [ male announcer ] life brings obstacles. usaa brings advice. call or visit us online. we're ready to help. >>> in coming weeks, i'll use whatever power this office holds to engage my fellow citizens from law enforcement to mental health professionals to parent and educators. in an effort aimed at preventing more tragedies like this. because what choice do we have? we can't accept events like this as routine. >> that was part of president obama's speech last night in newtown, connecticut. we questioned, how do you find middle ground in the gun control debate. joining us to talk about that is ceo of the national urban league and former mayor ever new orleans. he has written about this very subject as well as ron christie, former assistant to george w. bush.
and national urban league ceo, mark. nancial obstacles military families face, we understand. at usaa, we know military life is different. we've been there. that's why every bit of financial advice we offer is geared specifically to current and former military members and their families. [ laughs ] dad! dad! [ applause ] ♪ [ male announcer ] life brings obstacles. usaa brings advice. call or visit us online. we're ready to help. >>> in coming weeks, i'll use whatever power this...
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mark moriel is the president of the national urban league and will cain is a cnn contributor and jane zahadi is a writer at cnn money. mark, all of this, all of this, is if they go over the fiscal cliff and they don't fix it, and they never fix it, right, the worst case scenario. my question for you. so much talk about taxes for the rich but isn't it true if the sequester goes into effect and isn't fix this will d disproportionately hurt the poor? >> it would because it would be tax increases on middle and working class americans and hard cuts across the board in defense and domestic programs, including education and job training so there's -- >> 700,000 mothers and children will lose nutrition assistance and 80,000 fewer child care subsidies and 14,000 fewer homeless would receive assistance. this is what agencies are preparing for as they do these cuts. >> remember, congress set this up. they set the cliff up in an effort to be responsive, to quote, the need for deficit reduction. they set this deadline. they have the option of pushing the deadline back and continuing to negotiate,
mark moriel is the president of the national urban league and will cain is a cnn contributor and jane zahadi is a writer at cnn money. mark, all of this, all of this, is if they go over the fiscal cliff and they don't fix it, and they never fix it, right, the worst case scenario. my question for you. so much talk about taxes for the rich but isn't it true if the sequester goes into effect and isn't fix this will d disproportionately hurt the poor? >> it would because it would be tax...
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urban league explain the surge in african-american voter for for example saying we've been struggling for many years in our communities with how we make the argument that our parents and grandparents and handed down to us you must vote because people fought and died for you to have the right to vote so it's become a little less motivating the further away you get from those really visceral memories of what it took to get to the polls but then you bring back a thirty five state assault on our ability to vote and really starts getting reminiscent of the things our parents were telling us in our grandparents were telling us become visceral to a new generation which is right republicans are hoping this minority enthusiasm wanes after another round of voter i suppression id laws in two thousand and thirteen is an off year for elections i think we're not going to be painted such as i'm a c.b.c. reporter republicans in montana and the battleground states of virginia iowa and nevada are already right now here enough to pass more voter suppression id laws or make existing laws even more restri
urban league explain the surge in african-american voter for for example saying we've been struggling for many years in our communities with how we make the argument that our parents and grandparents and handed down to us you must vote because people fought and died for you to have the right to vote so it's become a little less motivating the further away you get from those really visceral memories of what it took to get to the polls but then you bring back a thirty five state assault on our...
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. >> late they're same month the president faced criticism from liberals for speech to the national urban league. >> when i said in the wake of tucson was we were going to stay on this persistently. >> the where he talked about violence but carefully danced around the issue of gun control and offer nod specific plans for follow-through. >> we identify gun ownership that pass on from generation to generation that hunting and shooting are part of cherished national heritage but i also believe that a lot of gun owners would agree ak-47s belong in the hands of seasonals not in the hands of criminals. >> today, dramatic chief. specific promise of action in the second term. >> these neighborhoods are our neighborhoods. the children are our children. >> we have to come together to take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this regardless of politics. >> for now, the president ordered flags be flown at half staff, military posts public buildings and grown and including the white house. where there is a grieving staff and first family. >> this evening, michelle and i will do what i kno
. >> late they're same month the president faced criticism from liberals for speech to the national urban league. >> when i said in the wake of tucson was we were going to stay on this persistently. >> the where he talked about violence but carefully danced around the issue of gun control and offer nod specific plans for follow-through. >> we identify gun ownership that pass on from generation to generation that hunting and shooting are part of cherished national...
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urban league about this, but there's a time for this, and hopefully it's sooner rather than later. you know, i'm a -- as a southerner, i'm a big advocate of the second amendment and grew up with guns and grew up with people who understood how to use them responsibly. i did not grow up with people with assault rifles or semiautomatic guns. i do believe that we had need a conversation, a real deep conversation and this simply cannot be stopped simply because people are afraid of the politics. >> you also grew up to be the campaign manager of al gore who lost the home state of tennessee, the myth is at least in part because he supported gun control. this is a political, not a jurisprudential problem. the second part, the hiller case concerning an absurdly restrictive d.c. law is really much more permissive than people realize, and i'm not sure there would be a second amendment impediment to banning a category of weapons. there would be a political one. >> 60,000 murders since columbine. >> and the large capacity of these were used in these weapons that allowed this perpetrator to go i
urban league about this, but there's a time for this, and hopefully it's sooner rather than later. you know, i'm a -- as a southerner, i'm a big advocate of the second amendment and grew up with guns and grew up with people who understood how to use them responsibly. i did not grow up with people with assault rifles or semiautomatic guns. i do believe that we had need a conversation, a real deep conversation and this simply cannot be stopped simply because people are afraid of the politics....
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i was with him in july in new orleans where he spoke to the national urban league a few days after the shooting in aurora, colorado. he talked about how to deal with guns. he talked about having a conversation. and so when you read between the lines there, it didn't seem like there was a whole lot going on there concrete. that, of course, was an election year, not a whole lot of appetite to do something in an election year. frankly, when it comes to congress, there often is not an appetite to do something on gun control. and it's not just about republicans who traditionally are in favor of gun rights, there are democrats opposed to gun rights opposed to gun control, legislation that may tighten restrictions. that's even the case you might see in the senate when you're talking about the senate majority leader, a democrat, harry reid, who comes from nevada. we don't actually know at this point exactly what meaningful action is going to mean. this is something that we'll be asking questions about, getting answers to in the coming days. certainly gun-control advocates want to see more legi
i was with him in july in new orleans where he spoke to the national urban league a few days after the shooting in aurora, colorado. he talked about how to deal with guns. he talked about having a conversation. and so when you read between the lines there, it didn't seem like there was a whole lot going on there concrete. that, of course, was an election year, not a whole lot of appetite to do something in an election year. frankly, when it comes to congress, there often is not an appetite to...